dun":3eb0ffd1 said:
First thing is that I wouldn;t have planted brome. You're west of us but about the same distance north and brome here is a one crop a year deal. If you hay it you rarely get enough regrowth to make it worth while grazing, if you graze it maybe it would hold up ok. If you frost seed a legume, I'm partial to red clover, around 4 lbs PLS per acre would give you about a 50:50 brome clover ratio.
We have a 5 acre area of brome and I've never found a decent use for it so we just neglect it now and let it do whatever it wants. Next spring I'm hoping to burn it down with herbicides and plantr soemthing that works better in this environment.
dun
I can't remember, dun, but do you all bale any of your own hay? If so, we have a 15 acre field of brome and it makes excellent hay. The cows and calves love it. I'm not positive of the protein content, but I'm thinking somewhere around 12-15%. On a good year with plenty of moisture, it will come back about 6 inches and can be pastured some. Does anyone know the protein content of brome off the top of their head?